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Potential of Stem Cell Therapy to Combat Mastitis in Dairy Animals

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Mastitis is the inflammation of the secretory or alveolar part of the udder and is the most expensive disease of the dairy industry. The estimated economic loss in the US dairy industry alone is approximately $2 billion annually. The substantial increase in economic losses, owing to the high occurrence rate and low recovery rate, is alarming for the dairy industry, which allures the heed of researchers, policymakers, veterinarians, and dairy owners. Therefore, there is an increasing necessity to treat and prevent the highly prevalent disease in dairy animals using the most efficacious protocol. Moreover, since the last more than 70 years, numerous pharmacological and animal husbandry-based approaches are being practiced to control mastitis in dairy herds, but results are below the expectations. This chapter discusses causative agents of mastitis, the pathophysiology of its development, and the potential application of stem cells as regenerative medicine.

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  1. Laboratory of Animal Stem Cells, Division of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Neelesh Sharma & Sapna Devi

  2. Clinic for Reproduction and Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Goran Bacic

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    Ratan Kumar Choudhary

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    Shanti Choudhary

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Sharma, N., Devi, S., Bacic, G. (2021). Potential of Stem Cell Therapy to Combat Mastitis in Dairy Animals. In: Choudhary, R.K., Choudhary, S. (eds) Stem Cells in Veterinary Science. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3464-2_5

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